Lesley Brooker is an Australian ornithologist based in Western Australia following retirement from a career with the CSIRO's Division of Wildlife Research. There she worked, as a database manager and computer modeller, on developing methodologies for the re-design and restoration of agricultural lands for bird conservation. Since then, she has collaborated with her husband Michael Brooker in studies on

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evolution,

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of fairy-wrens and spatial dynamics of birds in fragmented landscapes.

Awards

In 2004 she was awarded the

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's D.L. Serventy Medal which recognises excellence in published work on birds in the

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n region.

Career

Brooker has contributed to ornithological research in Australia, in various states across Australia, including Western Australia, and Queensland, as well as researching and publishing on Explorers, as well as biodiversity, for over thirty years. Her work involved research on Wedge-Tailed Eagles, Blue-breasted Fairy wrens and ecosystem connectivity. Booker was also a trip leader for the Western Australian Branch of Birdlife Australia and contributed to the Birds in the Great Western Woodlands, a joint project between BirdLife Australia and The Nature Conservancy Brooker has also contributed to research on paternity of bird families, in ''Molecular Ecology''. She has published on animal dispersals, and habitat quality, on corridor use and connectivity. Brooker served on the ''Emu'' advisory committee.

Selected works

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References

Olsen, Penny. (2005). D.L. Serventy Medal 2005: Citation. Lesley and Michael Brooker. ''Emu'' 105: 341.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brooker, Lesley Living people Australian ornithologists CSIRO people Women ornithologists Year of birth missing (living people)